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No. 454,933. Patented June 30, 1891.

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WASHING MACHINE.

No. 454,933. PatentedvJune 30, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT TAUBE, OF MORRISON, MISSOURI.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,933, dated J une30, 1891.

Application filed March l1, 1891. Serial No. 384,625. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALBERT TAUBE, of the city of Morrison, Gasconadecounty, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vashing-Machines, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accom` panyingdrawings, forming a part hereof.

My 'invention relates to improvements in washing machines; and itconsists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts, as will bemore fully hereinafter described, and designated in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure. 1 is a top plan view of my invention with thelid or cover removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line a:of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rubbing device and meansfor operating the same, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one of thefingers.

Referring to the drawings, l indicates the walls of the suds-boX, a partof the lower portion f which is rounded and cutaway, as shown in Fig. 2.

2 indicates supporting-legs, the bases of which legs are flared out, asshown also in Fig. 2. Said legs are secured to the suds-box walls in anysuitable and mechanical manner.

3 indicates a handle, by which the boX may be manipulated.

4 indicates a wall, which passes across a portion of the box and answersas a support for the corrugated scrubbing device 5. Said scrubbingdevice is composed of a series of rollers 6, which rollers are mountedin a curvilinear frame-work, thereby presenting, when constructed, acorrugated curvilinear surface.

The rollers may be revolubly mounted in the frame-work, as shown. Thelower portion of the scrubbing device 5 is adapted to rest against ahorizontal plate 7, which plate is secured in the bottom and in onecorner of the sudsbo 1. The upper portion of said scrubhing device 5 isadapted to fit against pieces 8. On the top of said pieces a horizontalcross-piece 9 is secured to prevent the clothes or whatever article isto be washed from falling in behind the scrubbing device. Secured toplate 7 are a series of ribs 10, which ribs prevent the clothes from getting in behind the rubbing-ngers.

11 indicates supporting-plates for the lid or cover. The lid or cover iscomposed of two sections or parts 12 and 13. Part 12 is provided with aprojecting cross-piece 14, which is adapted to rest on the upper end ofthe scrubbing device 5, and secured to part 13 is an additionalscrubbing device 15, which I employ in carrying out my invention.

The additional scrubbingdeviceis composed of a series of fingers 16,which fingers are mounted 'upon a transverse shaft 17, which shaft ismounted in a frame-work 18. The fingers are so arranged that they arecapable of moving only in one direction-that is, only when theframe-work 18 goes in a backward directionin which motion the fingersare permitted to assume a position as shown in Fig. 4.. When theframe-work 18 goes in a forward direction, Jthe top of the fingers willstrike a cross-piece 19 of frame-work 18,Which will consequently holdthem andprevent them from moving as the frame-work 18 advances or movesforward. By the fingers being movable upon shaft 17, as the same goes ina backward direction, said motion being designed to permit the fingersto slide over any clothes that might come behind the fingers, theclothes are always left in front of said fingers.

2O indicates a bar which is rigidly secured to cross-piece 19 of theframe-work 18, and to said bar 2O operating-lever 2l is secured in anymechanical manner, preferably, however, as shown in the drawings. Theoperating lever 21 consists of a semicircular piece 22 and an arm 23,the latter being secured to bar 20, as above stated. The semicircularpiece 22 is mounted in bearing-plate 24. Said bearing-plate 24 isprovided with a slot 25, in which semicircular piece 22 is free to move,and also with perforated ears 26, through which and through a suitableperforation made in semicircular piece 22 a bolt 27 is adapted to pass,pivotally securing the parts together. Bearing-plate 24 is secured toparts '13 of the lid by means of bolts 28, orin any other suitable andmechanical manner.

29 indicates a thimble which is formed on or secured to semicircularpiece 22, in which thimble an operating-handle 30 is adapted to beinserted, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having fullydescribed the mechanical parts of my invention, I will nowproceed to .describe the operation of the same.

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The parts are substantially made and con structed as hereinbeforestated. The clothes or articles to be washed are placed in the suds boXor chamber 1, and of course will rest upon the scrubbing device 5 androllers 6; and if it is desired to scrub and cleanse the clothes theoperator should bear down on the handle 30, and by the application offorce thereon the frame-work 18, and consequently fingers 16, will bemoved forward and all the clothes in front of the said frame-work 18 andfinger 16 will be pressed in the same direction. The gravity of the wetclothes and the pressure produced upon the clothes by swinging theframe-work 18, resting on bolt 27 in plate 24, all combined, act on theclothes and produce a rubbing and squeezing action of the clotheslbetween and on said rollers 6, and the clothes being forced up into thecorner formed by the projecting cross-piece 14, att-ached to lid 12 andresting on the upper end of the scrubbing device 5, that also produces asqueezing and cleansingvaction upon the clothes. Now, the frame-Work 18and fingers 16 being heavier than the handle, the upper portionof lever21, resting on bolt 27, will naturally go back by itself and raise thehandle 30 in its old position without any other aid. The clothes at themoment frame-work 18 falls backward will also turn over and fallbackward into the suds-chamber in front of the frame-work 18 and fingers16. Of course by a repetition of this operation, accompanied withjudgment and discretion, the clothes may be cleaned as desired. It maybe noticed that only the down-pressure on handle 30 does all the work,thereby using ones own weight, which makes it very easy to operate themachine.

It maybe observed by removing lid 12 that the scrubbing device 5 can beused asawashboard and the suds-boX as a wash-tub and wash the clothes byhand; also all the scrubbing mechanism may be removed from the box toclean and dry the same.

Having fully described myinvention, what I claim is- 1. Awashing-machine consisting of a sudsboX 1, a curvilinear scrubbingdevice 5, located or adapted to be located in the same in functionalposition, a cross-bar 9provided with uprights 8 on each end thereof,adapted to rest on the upper end of scrubbing device 5, a series offingers mounted upon a suitable frame-Work, and ribs 10 in the bottom ofthe boxrbetween which said fingers are adapted to rest, means foroperating said fingers, thereby causing the same to sweep over almost incontact with the corrugated curvilinear surface 5, substantially as setforth.

2. A washing-machine consisting of a sudschamber 1, a corrugatedcurvilinear scrubbing device located or adapted to be located infunctional operation in the same, a series of fingers 16, mounted in theframe-work 18, adapted to be moved only in one direction,a bar 20,secured to a cross-bar 19 of said framework 18, a semicircular piece ordisk 22, provided with an arm 23 and thimble 29, pivotally mounted inpiece 13 of the lid, and a suitable handle 30 adapted to be inserted insaid thimble for operating the fingers, substantially as set forth.

3. In a washing-machine, the combination, with a suds-boX, of anagitator consisting of a frame-work and means to operate the same,fingers pivoted in the lower end of the said frame-work, and a bar 19,abutting against the upper ends of said fingers at a distance from theirpivotal points, whereby the fingers are permitted to swing in onedirection only, substantially as described. 4. In a washing-machine, thecombination,

with a suds-box, of an agitator consisting of a frame-work, fingerspivoted therein, a bar 19, adapted to permit the movement of saidfingers in one direction only, a semicircular lever-arm journaled inbearings on the cover, the lower end of said arm being secured to theframe-work carrying the fingers, and a handle adapted to be secured tosaid lever, substantially as described.

5. A washing-machine consisting of a sudsboX 1, a corrugated curvilinearscrubbing device 5, provided With a series of rollers 6, said scrubbingdevice adapted to be located in functional position in the suds-boX, aseries of ribs 10, located in the same, a series of fingers 16, mountedin the frame-work 18, a bar 20, secured to cross-piece 19 of saidframework, a lever 2l, consisting of a semicircular piece or disk 22, anarm 23, the same being mechanicallysecured to bar' 20, and said lever 21additionally provided with a thimble 29, in which an operating-handle 30may be inserted, and a bearing-plate 24E, in which lever 21 may bemounted, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof l affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT TAUBE. Vitnesses:

OHARLEs GUsT, VINILENT MUELLER.

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